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Originally Posted by Martina

Good news re discipline in our district. I just heard that they are going to jettison the zero tolerance policy.

Halleluja!

I think I posted this before. The ACLU talking points on the school to prison pipeline. It's old but, unfortunately, it still describes what is happening. http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/s...talking-points

Did anyone see the PBS show last night called Dropout Nation. I haven't yet. It's online now. I am a little afraid to. I heard an excerpt on the radio, and it sounded too obvious to be interesting.

Having been a teacher in so-called drop out factories for five of my seven years of teaching in California, I am kind of sensitive on the subject.

I am glad the zero tolerance policy is going away! I liked the talking points memo from the ACLU that you posted.

Funny for me, I work in a zero tolerance school, that doesn't really do consequences. And that drives me crazy. Both parts. Have policy, don't follow it. What? Well I should ammend that to say follow it only if the student is poor or non white. grrr!